iPhone and iPod touch users without an iPad have been watching enviously from the sidelines as tablet users have the fun of using Apple’s iWork apps -- until now. Apple has announced new updates to Pages, Numbers and Keynote for iOS that make them universal at last.
Apple has announced the immediate availability of a 1.4 update for Pages, Numbers and Keynote for iOS -- collectively known as iWork. Each of the $9.99 apps are now available to iPhone and iPod touch owners as well as those already running the iPad version, thanks to native universal support introduced with the new versions.
“Now you can use Keynote, Pages and Numbers on iPhone and iPod touch to create amazing presentations, documents and spreadsheets right in the palm of your hand,” explains Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “The incredible Retina display, revolutionary Multi-Touch interface and our powerful software make it easy to create, edit, organize and share all of your documents from iPhone 4 or iPod touch.”
Supporting any iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, third or fouth generation iPod touch or iPad running iOS 4.2.8 or later, the updated versions now offer a new document manager to easily sort your documents and organize them into folders.
Pages and Numbers also get improved usability, including Smart Zoom for viewing and editing data, while Pages alone adds the ability to change font style and size directly from the ruler when editing text. Finally, Keynote adds the ability to be controlled from the separate 99-cent Keynote Remote app.
Of course, these new features are on top of the existing feature set, which includes importing and exporting documents from iWork for Mac and Microsoft Office, wireless printing via AirPrint and beautiful Apple-designed themes and templates.
Pages, Numbers and Keynote version 1.4 are all available now from the App Store for $9.99 each; if you already own one or more of them, the universal update is free as usual. Now, Apple… how about a universal update to that Apple Store app to give the iPad some love, hmmm…?
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